At night, the sea is dark on all sides, and only the lights of the fishing boats illuminate a small area of water.

Zhang Ze adjusted the tonality of the fishing rod to the hardest, replaced it with a large fishing wheel, and then put down the fishing rod and went to the cabin.

He found a rope and tied the pillow to his stomach.

Just now I caught a thirty-five-pound emperor fish and made my stomach a little uncomfortable, this time I was going to catch a bigger fish, wouldn't my stomach be more guilty if I didn't prepare?

The top belly belt definitely doesn't have it now, and he himself didn't expect the space to send a fishing rod, so he didn't have any preparation.

When he goes back this time, he will buy a sewing machine, let his daughter-in-law learn how to use it, and then help him get a belt.

Tie up the pillow and head back to the deck and exchange 200 XP for a bait for a seven-banded grouper.

Deep-sea grouper is basically this one, and it is a chance to encounter in any sea area of the country.

It is the only deep-sea cold-water grouper in the country, but it is also adaptable to tropical environments, so it is also found in the South China Sea.

Zhang Ze exchanged this exclusive bait to try his luck.

The environment of the Nanping Islands is very suitable for the survival of groupers, and he thinks that there should be no shortage here.

Hung the bait and threw it into the water, Zhang Ze held the fishing rod and waited quietly.

But after about ten minutes, there was no movement from the rod.

The exclusive bait basically prevents other fish from biting, and if there is no movement, it means that either you are unlucky to be attracted to it, or there is no such fish nearby.

Zhang Ze put away the fishing rod, returned to the cab and left the waters, estimating that after leaving the original range of the bait, he came out to test the depth of the water, but he unexpectedly came to a water area with a depth of about 180 meters.

Perhaps the chances were better at this depth, and he threw the bait into the water again, and the bait quickly sank with the sinker.

A carpet search, as long as there are fish, they are sure to get their attention.

It wasn't that there were no seven-banded groupers in the waters where Zhang Ze was just now, but they weren't as big as he imagined, just two small ones.

And it wasn't very lucky, only the smaller fry were attracted, and the open mouth was not as big as a hook.

This time the bait sank into the water, attracting the attention of three seven-banded groupers in the range.

One of them was very large, arching at the bottom of the water more than 70 meters deep at a distance of 500 meters, and soon it found a deep-sea octopus, and was about to swallow this octopus, but suddenly there was a smell in the distance that it could not resist at all.

I want to eat it!

But the seven-banded grouper did not go over immediately, but turned around and glanced at the octopus, bit it directly, and then swam to the place that attracted it.

It's fast, but it's not fast because of its sheer size.

It took more than ten minutes to swim to its destination.

It was only as soon as it came here that it noticed that something that attracted it suddenly disappeared.

After swimming back and forth in a daze, it instinctively went to the bottom of the water in search of other food.

At this time, Zhang Ze was already exerting his strength, competing with the fish.

This fish gives him a similar feeling to the emperor fish just now, estimated to be about thirty catties, which is very good.

However, it was more difficult to catch, and it took a lot of effort and half an hour to catch the fish, which is not easy to catch from a depth of 180 meters.

However, after seeing the size of the fish, Zhang Ze was a little disappointed.

[Successfully caught a seven-banded grouper, weighing 21.33 catties, experience +20.] 】

Sure enough, it was not more than thirty catties as expected, but just over twenty catties, but fortunately, the experience value was good.

took out an exclusive bait, hung it on the hook and was about to throw it into the water, Zhang Ze suddenly stiffened, and then slapped his head with a snap.

"Stupid, stupid, the habits of the fishing guy are harmful!"

I used exclusive bait, and I stupidly let the bait sink to the bottom, isn't this just uncomfortable!

In order to prevent pelagic fish from biting, he sinks the bait to the bottom so that the grouper who likes to live on the bottom bites first.

But the exclusive bait basically refuses other fish to take the bait, he can completely put the bait in the upper waters, let the fish swim over and bite the hook by themselves, so that the fishing will not be too tiring.

After breathing a sigh of relief, he went into the cabin to drink a sip of water, and Zhang Ze simply took out the tea jar and put it in the wheelhouse.

Throwing the bait back into the water, this time he locked the fishing boat and let the bait stay three or four meters above the water.

As he expected, the huge seven-banded grouper, which had been arching back and forth at the bottom of the water, felt the fatal attraction again when the bait fell into the water, and swam up to the upper water layer.

It felt strange why the attraction came from above this time, but it still swam slowly according to instinct.

This time it was lucky, there was no similar food grabs.

Swimming from the bottom of the sea to the surface of the water at one hundred and eighty meters, it was not fast, even slower than when it came just now.

It rarely goes to the surface of the water because the water is very dangerous to it.

Fortunately, due to its slow speed, it is able to slowly adapt to the water pressure, which is very dangerous to itself.

Even when it feels unwell, it will stay for a while.

This made Zhang Ze on the boat bitter, and after waiting for most of the day, no fish was hooked, making him wonder if there were no seven-belt groupers here.

After a little hesitation, he finally decided to wait a little longer. I've caught one, and there's no reason there's only one.

And the seven-banded grouper is basically in the deep water, and it takes time to swim up, and so on.

And his decision made the seven-banded grouper under the water finally find its attraction, and it turned out that the attraction was the taste of the food.

It swam over and opened its mouth without hesitation, swallowing it in one gulp.

Zhang Ze's main target on the boat was the large seven-banded grouper, so he didn't completely lock the wire cup as before, so that there could be a buffer.

The fish suddenly bites the hook, and the hard-toned rod bends directly without bearing it, like an arched bridge, but the fishing line in the line cup just runs out unhurriedly.

Zhang Ze immediately raised the rod vigorously and stabbed the fish first.

Then hold the crank and start reeling the line. As a result, let alone shaking, people almost fell into the water.

"Hey~ You won't meet the fish king again, will you?"

Zhang Ze leaned on the side of the boat to prevent himself from accidentally falling into the water. Feeling the heavy force of the fishing rod, he knew that this fish was unusually large, even more exaggerated than the previous eels.

Fortunately, the larger the grouper, the slower it is, and it will not run away in an instant like a tuna.

Zhang Ze clung to the fishing rod, and he couldn't control his body at all. He would have no way to wrestle with the fish, so he could only wait until the fish got tired.

"Squeak~Squeak~Squeak"

The fact that the rod will not be damaged is very good, Zhang Ze can afford to spend time, and he is not afraid of accidents with the rod and fishing line.

The hook is also large enough, and with barbs on it, it is basically impossible to get off the hook for no particular reason.

Time passed slowly, Zhang Ze's breathing became heavier and heavier, and sweat flowed down his forehead, obviously just such a stalemate made him consume a lot of physical strength.

This kind of thrilling feeling he had never experienced in his previous life.

He didn't have a watch, and he didn't know how much time had passed, but it felt like it had been a long time.

Fortunately, the big fish finally got tired and stopped to rest.

Zhang Ze put the fishing rod on the pillow on his abdomen, and began to pull it back, using all his strength.

The fish was pulled, and he finally retracted a little of the line.

It is impossible for the fish to continue to exert force, and when it pauses, Zhang Ze will lift the rod with force, and then quickly retract a few laps of line.

So what followed became a tug-of-war between the two sides, and after pulling for more than 20 minutes, Zhang Ze was speechless and found that he didn't seem to have recovered much fishing line at all.

Each time you retract some, the fish will continue to pull out after regaining some strength.

This made him laugh and cry, it was so difficult to catch a seven-banded grouper, so he might not be able to catch a bigger tuna sailfish or shark?

At this time, he suddenly remembered the boast he had bragged to his fishing friends in his previous life, saying that he had great strength, and if he was young, he would definitely be able to catch a tuna of more than 400 catties alone.

Now that he thinks about it, he suddenly blushes a little, this is too big!

This kind of fish with a particularly large size normally requires several people to rotate.

Looks like I'm going to have to work out my strength when I go back. Zhang Ze had some new ideas in his heart.

He continued to tug at the fishing line, and as time passed, the scales of victory had gradually tilted in his favor.

Zhang Ze changed the position of the fishing rod and held it obliquely in his arms, the position of the rod handle was clamped under the armpit, and then he began to reel the line while lifting the rod with force.

When the rod handle is on the top belly belt, it is generally during the period when the fish is in force, and it is better to hold the rod with both hands.

In fact, when the fish is not good to pull, you can also use this posture to pull hard, provided that you pull the fish.

Now that the resistance of the fish is getting smaller and smaller, and the rest time is getting longer and longer, the fishing rod clamped under the armpit is more suitable for one-handed force to quickly reel in the line, and it also allows the waist to slow down and rest.

As the line retracted little by little, he could already see the fish.

Obediently, it's really not small, and this time it's made a lot of money.

If he is lucky enough to be a fish king, he can move up another level in space.

Some couldn't wait to take the fish back, Zhang Ze grabbed the fishing rod with both hands again, and the tip of the rod was suddenly lifted from the parallel water, and the fish in the water was suddenly pulled closer, and the same was true for the fishing line, he could retract several laps of line at once.

However, the tip of the rod should not be pressed too low, and if you do not have a lot of time to catch such a large fish, it is difficult to completely exhaust their physical strength, and they will fight back at any time.

Therefore, if the rod is pressed too low, if the fish struggles, it may be pulled away, and if the rope is tied to the side of the boat, it will be fine.

Ten minutes later, the seven-banded grouper was finally pulled to the side of the boat.

Under the illumination of the light, one can see vertical bands on its brown skin.

The fish's mouth opened widely, and Zhang Ze doubted that it could swallow half of its body in one gulp.

Zhang Ze looked at the winch behind him, it seemed a little difficult to get rid of it without help, he didn't dare to let go of the fishing rod now, he could run as soon as he let go of the fish.

After thinking about it, he dragged the fish and slowly walked towards the small door where he got on the boat.

Fortunately, he was fishing at the stern, not far from the location of the small gate.

Pulling the fish to the side of the small door, Zhang Ze reached out and put it on the fish, and with a bang, a big seven-banded grouper suddenly disappeared on the water.

He sat down on the deck, then lay down again, his rod casually beside him.

Tired, so tired!

[Successfully caught a seven-belt grouper, weighing 271.88 catties, experience (king of fish crit) +2000. 】

It's no wonder that the space is very crowded, and the side length of his space is nearly two meters five.

"Hahaha"

When he saw the prompt sound of the space, Zhang Ze's laughter suddenly sounded in the night sky.

Satisfied, unprecedentedly satisfied.

In his two lives, he had never caught a fish of more than 200 catties, and the largest one was more than 50 catties before.

What's more, this is still an extremely rare seven-banded grouper king fish, and this kind of fish may not produce one fish a year.

The normal seven-banded grouper can grow up to 1.55 meters, and in the space display, he has come to 1.67 centimeters, breaking the record limit, and it is not too much to say that the king of fish.

With two thousand experience points, he immediately raised the space by one level, and now the space has reached the sixteenth level, which is a big step closer to the twenty level.

After lying on the deck for more than ten minutes, Zhang Ze got up.

The sea night in April was a little cold, and he was sweating from fishing just now, and if he was blown down by the sea breeze, he might be at risk of catching a cold.

Even if he was weak when he got up now, he still went to the bathroom to take a shower first, and stayed in the cabin until his hair was completely dry before coming out, and the days without a hair dryer were troublesome.

There are hair dryers now, but they are only available in some barbershops, and you can only blow your hair if you wear it on your head like a helmet, and it is strange that it is not soft at all.

There are many benefits after being reborn, but there are also a lot of helplessness, and he can only survive the backwardness in science and technology.

Go and put the fishing rod away, Zhang Ze has no strength to continue fishing for the time being.

Now the longline has been put down for about three hours, and it can be put away in four or five hours normally, but he used magic bait, and the fish gathered faster, so he came to the cockpit and drove over, ready to put the longline away and go to sleep.

(End of chapter)